Hi, I'm new here

[Brandie]

Hi everyone.

I'm new here and just wanted to say hello!

[Symphony]

hi, bwandee, i'm simphwanee.





welcome  

[JudgeNot]

Are you the same Brandie from the song about the sailor???  

Welcome!

[Sunny]

Hi Brandie! I'm new too. Nice to meet cha.  

[JudgeNot]

Sunny!  Isn't there a song about you, too???

I'm feeling left out!  When was the last time you heard a song about "JudgeNot"??  NEVER!  NOT ONCE!

Welcome Sunny.  

[cris]

Hi Brandie! I'm new too. Nice to meet cha.  

Hi Brandie and Sunny------welcome to the board.  There's lots of interesting threads here.  Join in and have some fun.

God Bless

Cris

[sincereheart]

Hi and welcome!


I'm feeling left out!  When was the last time you heard a song about "JudgeNot"??  NEVER!  NOT ONCE!


I wonder why??  

[Willowbirch]

Sunny!  Isn't there a song about you, too???

I'm feeling left out!  When was the last time you heard a song about "JudgeNot"??  NEVER!  NOT ONCE!

Welcome Sunny.  

No "Willowbirch" hymns, either.  

Welcome, Brandie! Hope you find some excellent fellowship here! God bless!

[Brandie]

Thanks, everyone, for the warm welcome!  I really appreciate it.  I guess I should tell you about myself here; I suppose this is my testimony so pardon me if it runs a little long.

I grew up in a Christian home and accepted Jesus as my Savior when I was 8 years old.  I don't really know that I fully understood what that means until just the last year or so.  Frankly, it is sometimes still so overwhelming that I find myself confused, lost, and faltering.  As a teenager I "talked the talk" but didn't "walk the walk".  I was going to church for the wrong reasons; putting up a Christian front while wallowing in sin.  I got married way to young to my teenage sweetheart who also professed to be a Christian but who beat me to a pulp, raped me, and cheated on me on a regular basis.  In a knee-jerk reaction, I left him for another man.  Of course, because that marriage was without God it ended badly as well.  About 3 & 1/2 years ago, I began a torid affair with a man I then worked with and we moved in together.  A year or so went by and my boyfriend lost his job.  I was working 2 jobs to make ends meet and help put him through school so he would be employable.  My mother (God bless her) offered to lend me her copy of the Left Behind books since I commute to work and have lots of reading time.  Well, those books have changed my life.  All that time, I thought that I had lost my salvation and that there was no hope for me whatsoever; I actually thought Jesus had turned His back on me, too.  Boy, was I wrong.  Jesus hadn't left me and the proof was that all those things I was doing that were sinful nagged at my conscious.  That was Jesus reminding me that I was His child and that I was wrong.  I'm now engaged to be married in a few months (though due to our financial situation we still live together because neither of us have anyplace else to go; we avoid sexual impurity as much as we can but we are still sinning by living together).  I hope that you all won't judge me to harshly.  I was a member of another board and when I went to their leadership to ask for counsel in this situation, they pretty much cut me off at the knees and wouldn't reply to my emails or posts or anything.  I guess they thought my sin might contaminate them.  I long for the day when we will be married so that this burden will be removed from my heart.  I am struggling with some other things that I need God's help to clear from my life, but I am constantly working toward obedience.  I've rededicated my life to Christ and am trying to walk in His ways.  I hope that fellowship here will strengthen my walk with Him.

God bless each of you!

[JudgeNot]

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
That certainly can't be me!  
Welcome, again.

[ollie]

Hello also to you.

Ollie

[Willowbirch]

"Let he who is without sin cast the first stone."
That certainly can't be me!  
Welcome, again.

Brandie, you're going through a drastic U-Turn in your life. You've been through a lot; and much sin demands much mercy and grace. Keep your eyes on Jesus, and be sure to delve into His word. Pray even if you don't know what to say. He will take you through this. And use your experiences to help other people going through the same kinds of things! They will need to hear from someone who has been there, done that, and was raised back to life through Christ!

[Driven by Him]

Hello Brandie! I am new here also. I feel for you and your situation. We all make mistakes in life. God never left you. It sounds like you have reached a real turning point in your life. Congratulations!

[Sunny]

Brandi! Thanks for sharing your testimony.
Hugs to you! (((( Brandi ))))

Just remember that although man looks on the outside (often with judgment) God looks on the heart! He sees your heart and your desire to love and serve Him.

God Bless you and your fiance in your continued walk with the Lord.

~Sunny

[JudgeNot]

I love enthusiasm!